Sahil Kapur
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Why a young Ivy grad allegedly killed a health-insurance CEO
Younger Democrats are less inclined to accept this deeply entrenched system of seniority, this culture that exists within the House Democratic Caucus, where people who have been there longer, people who have seniority on a panel, typically get the jobs they want.
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Why a young Ivy grad allegedly killed a health-insurance CEO
There have been various instances in recent years that Democrats I've talked to have pointed to as examples of where deference to elders has not paid off for them.
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Why a young Ivy grad allegedly killed a health-insurance CEO
And the final aspect of this is former Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding that top job in the Democratic conference for about two decades, which is really extraordinary. There was a lot of tension simmering just underneath the surface.
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Why a young Ivy grad allegedly killed a health-insurance CEO
I think she sees her role as being progressive, but also somewhat pragmatic, not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, saying no when she feels the need to, but also compromising in certain spaces when it does move the ball forward, even if it's just a little bit.
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Why Republicans are at odds over how to pass Trump's agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson disagrees with Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Johnson wants to do it all in one bill in the next few months.
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Why Republicans are at odds over how to pass Trump's agenda
John Thune thinks that's not going to happen, that they're going to need more time for complicated things like taxes, and they should split it up into two bills, do border security and maybe throw in some energy stuff on the front end, the low-hanging fruit, essentially, and take their time with taxes and do a second bill later in the year for that.
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Why Republicans are at odds over how to pass Trump's agenda
The reality here is that Trump has never really concerned himself with the nuances of legislative machinations. He is just telling the Republicans to do it, and it turns out it's not quite that simple.
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Why Republicans are at odds over how to pass Trump's agenda
So there's still a dispute and honestly a growing clash within the Republican Party that's been going on for about a month and a half now. And there's no path to a resolution here.
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Why Republicans are at odds over how to pass Trump's agenda
He's going to need a lot of resources from Congress to be able to implement even existing law, let alone, you know, additional laws.